Evie Begy
General Manager, The Kit · Managing Director, Sales, Toronto Star
Our inaugural experience
Identity After Motherhood
Who Am I Now?
An intimate evening of honest conversations about motherhood, identity, ambition, body, belonging and finding yourself again.
- Date
- Thursday, November 19, 2026
- Time
- Doors 6:15 PM · Program 7:00–10:30 PM
- Venue
- Avant Garde Gallery
- 218 Merton Street, Toronto, ON
- Good to know
- In person · Paid parking · General admission
Trust Her Words™ presents
Identity After
Motherhood:
Who Am I Now?
Thursday
November 19
20266:15 PM –
10:30 PMAvant Garde Gallery
Midtown Toronto
November 19
20266:15 PM –
10:30 PMAvant Garde Gallery
Midtown Toronto
About the evening
Motherhood changes us.
Sometimes in beautiful ways. Sometimes in ways we never expected. And somewhere between who we were before and who everyone needs us to be now, many of us quietly find ourselves asking: “Who am I now?”
Through four fireside-style conversations, we will explore career, entrepreneurship, feeling lost, reconnecting with our bodies and rediscovering the woman within the mother.
This is an invitation to slow down, listen, reflect, connect and hear the kinds of honest stories that are too often left unspoken.
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The evening, chapter by chapter
Four conversations. One musical closing.
01The Returning Mother
Career, ambition and returning to a professional identity
Featuring Evie Begy
The Returning Mother
Career, ambition and returning to a professional identity
A conversation about navigating the workplace after motherhood — ambition, guilt, confidence, changing priorities and the question of whether the professional woman we were before still fits who we are now.
02The Searching Mother
Feeling lost — and finding yourself again
Featuring Libby Ward
The Searching Mother
Feeling lost — and finding yourself again
An honest conversation about the identity loss that can come with motherhood, the invisible emotional load, and what it can look like to slowly reconnect with yourself again.
03The Rebuilding Mother
Building something while raising someone
Featuring Julie Cole
The Rebuilding Mother
Building something while raising someone
A conversation about entrepreneurship, creativity, ambition, family and the reality of building a business while navigating motherhood.
04The Embodied Mother
Reconnecting with the body that carried you
Featuring Jess Sennet
The Embodied Mother
Reconnecting with the body that carried you
A conversation about body identity, strength, confidence and learning to inhabit and appreciate a body that may feel very different after motherhood.
05To Close the Evening…
Featuring SABRE
To Close the Evening…
We will move from conversation into music with an intimate, unplugged musical closing — a few songs, stories and a moment to simply sit with everything the evening has held.
Because sometimes the things we feel most deeply aren’t explained. They’re felt.
SABRE will close the evening with an intimate, unplugged musical experience created especially for the room.
The lineup
Women speaking from lived experience.
Libby Ward
Creator, Diary of an Honest Mom · Author of Honest Motherhood
Julie Cole
Co-founder, Mabel’s Labels · Entrepreneur & Speaker
Jess Sennet
Founder, Mighty Mom
SABRE
Singer-Songwriter · Musical Closing
Courtney Smith
Leading Meaningful Conversations · Host
Your experience includes
An evening designed for connection, reflection and belonging.
- Four intimate fireside-style conversations
- Audience reflection and Q&A moments
- Connection time throughout the evening
- Light bites and refreshments
- An intimate unplugged musical closing
- A thoughtfully curated space for reflection and belonging
Optional event add-on
A story to take home.
Pre-order Libby Ward’s book and meet her briefly at the event.
Honest Motherhood by Libby Ward + Meet & Greet
$28 + HST
Pre-order your copy of Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself by Libby Ward and pick it up at the event.
Guests who purchase the book through the event will also be invited to a brief meet & greet with Libby Ward.
Books are available in limited quantities and must be pre-ordered.
Please note: This is an event add-on and does not include admission. An event ticket must also be purchased.
View tickets and add-ons on EventbriteWho is this for?
For the woman navigating who she was, who motherhood asked her to become, and who she may be becoming next.
Whether your children are babies, teenagers or grown, if this conversation speaks to you, there is a place for you in the room. Come alone, with a friend or with a group.
Seating is limited